Новости за 23.03.2016

DENVER (AP) — A powerful spring blizzard slowed and canceled flights at Denver's airport, knocked out power and shut down hundreds of miles of highway in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska as it spread into the Midwest on Wednesday.

The Ohio Governor and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are making stops in southeastern Wisconsin on Wednesday.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg didn't meet Ben Affleck on "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" until they were filming the party scene where Affleck's Bruce Wayne and Henry Cavill's Clark Kent interact for the first time — a…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Stratford Festival in Canada will this year commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by broadcasting three more of the Bard's work in HD, including its "Hamlet."

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis priest has agreed to go on paid leave while Pennsylvania authorities investigate whether there was a cover-up of sexual abuse by someone in his Catholic order.

LONDON (AP) — Slovenian-born tennis player Aljaz Bedene has lost his appeal to be able to compete for Britain in Davis Cup.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton says he'd veto a bill this year to re-open a private prison in western Minnesota.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of people have been arrested in northeast Wisconsin after authorities from several agencies raided properties in a seven-month methamphetamine investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of the Smithsonian has asked Congress for $922.2 million for the institution's 2017 budget.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A 12-year-old boy who was shaken as a baby and remained in a vegetative state for the rest of his life has died, authorities said Wednesday.

In a story March 22, The Associated Press reported that the trade association America's Health Insurance Plans will start testing a more efficient way to update health care provider directories. The story stated that the test involves having a health…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on North Carolina lawmakers returning to work to address Charlotte's ordinance that lets transgender people choose men's and women's bathrooms according to the gender they identify with (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a move by the University of California to cite anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance (all times local):

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A proposed Alabama constitutional amendment would legally define a fetus as a person from the moment of fertilization, effectively banning abortion in the state.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. colleges trying to respond decisively to complaints of sexual assault are getting slammed with lawsuits from men who say they've been unfairly suspended or otherwise punished.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A day after bombs ripped through Brussels, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that fighting the Islamic State is his "No. 1 priority" and blasted Republican calls for surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods as counterproductive and contrary…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the attacks in Brussels and related investigations (all times local):

VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — The head of Cliffs Natural Resources says he expects to resume production at United Taconite in Eveleth and Forbes sometime this year.

CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a black teenager he shot 16 times asked a judge Wednesday to allow the officer to stop having to attend pre-trial hearings,…

DENVER (AP) — The Latest on a snowstorm hitting the Plains and Midwest (all times local):

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Yemen has announced a cease-fire in the war-torn country on April 10 ahead of a new round of peace talks starting April 18 in Kuwait.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, recused himself from a judicial complaint against a judge accused of sexually assaulting a Utah woman decades ago.

Energy and mining companies led a modest decline for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Wednesday as the prices of oil, metals and other commodities fell. Disappointing earnings from several companies, including Nike, also weighed on the market.

The Tomah School Board decided to table a decision to lease up to three rooms at Robert Kupper Learning Center to Tomah Memorial Hospital until next month.

My wife asked me if I shaved my face differently yesterday.